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as in national
of or relating to a federation or to its central government A federal system of government distributes power between a country's central and regional governments. The President, Congress, and the Supreme Court are all part of the federal government of the United States.

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One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 14 July 2025 The University of Chicago is also deeply vulnerable to the new federal law’s changes to Medicaid, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will deprive 16 million people of health care. Clifford Ando, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025 Simmons is a federal inmate who was being housed in Cherokee County on bank robbery charges, according to Smith. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 1 July 2025 Cities are not required to assist with federal immigration law, but actively obstructing it could earn Mamdani federal charges. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for Federal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Federal
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  • The 20-year-old won the national championship while leading the nation’s best defensive unit while being named a unanimous All-American selection.
    DJ Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Local events will feed into regional, state, and national competitions—potentially televised to amplify awareness and participation.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 July 2025
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  • The Colorado quarterback had once teased being picked by the New York Giants, wearing custom red, white and blue cleats during a game when the G-men were the top candidate for the first overall pick.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Cameron directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in this influential action pic about a family man who also happens to be a G-man.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • Chronic conditions affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract: Garlic can cause irritating heartburn in anyone.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
  • The construction boom, fueled by the GI Bill, quickly ends the epidemic in homelessness.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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  • You’re automatically dubbed a narc, a kiss-ass, a too-cool.
    Brandi California, SPIN, 1 July 2024
  • The software, which would effectively act like a narc embedded on people’s iPhones, could have unintended consequences, critics said, despite Apple’s assurances that it would be used solely to stop child predators.
    Declan Harty, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021
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  • Big cats, bears, wolves, orangutans, kangaroos, birds and many other species – all dependent on humans for survival – endured unimaginable terror as Russian shells exploded around them and the skies filled with tracer fire.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 July 2025
  • Depending on the style of tracer paper, it typically can be written on with different types of drawing media, including markers, ink pens and other sketching stationery that easily bleeds.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
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  • Less than a month later, plainclothesmen arrested Nassar at a local tire store, and Munford took him into custody.
    Jason Schmidt, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018
  • Hustling bucks and ducking the Third Division boys, those earnest young plainclothesmen assigned to the vice squad who work out of the 17th Precinct on the East Side.
    Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
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  • After gently capturing the gull in a pillowcase, Shaffer affixed a small, lightweight GPS tracking device to her tail, reports SFGate’s Amanda Bartlett.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • There was this sentiment in the air off the tail of these Forever shows.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
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  • Maya Lau, an investigative journalist and financial investigator, hosts the podcast.
    Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • Between 2022 to 2024, investigators completed forensic testing and found that the remains matched Erickson’s siblings.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 July 2025

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“Federal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Federal. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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